Datasheet

Using the Drop-Down Menus
If you prefer to use drop-down menus, they’re still available in AutoCAD 2010,
although they are turned off by default in the 2D Drafting & Annotation and 3D
Modeling workspaces. You can display them by switching to the AutoCAD Classic
workspace, by clicking the down arrow at the right end of the Quick Access tool-
bar and choosing Show Menu Bar (see Figure 1.34), or by entering menubar↵ 1↵.
The menu bar isn’t used in the first few exercises in this book, but I’ll cover the
menus here so that you’ll be familiar when you use them in the future.
FIGURE 1.34: Turning on the menu bar
The left end of the menu bar, just below the title bar (see Figure 1.35), consists
of an icon and 13 (11 if you don’t have the Express Tools installed or are using LT)
menus. Click any of these to display a drop-down menu. The icon and the File and
Edit menus are included with all Windows-compliant applications, although they
are somewhat customized to work with AutoCAD. The drop-down menu associ-
ated with the icon contains commands to control the appearance and position of
the drawing area.
FIGURE 1.35: The AutoCAD user interface showing the menu bar
Commands in the File menu are for opening and saving new and existing
drawing files, printing, exporting files to another application, choosing basic
utility options, and exiting the application. The Edit menu contains the Undo
and Redo commands, the Cut and Paste tools, and options for creating links
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